World News Snippets From The Current Week Inquiries
Condensed world items cover Russian and German front notes in Belgium, United States policy on the 1828 treaty, the Rockefeller estate bequest to religious and educational institutions, and a plan for a peace conference in Mexico with South American ministers. Reports mention the sinking of the steamer William P. Prye, naval submarine recovery near Alaska, and wartime pricing and labor notes across nations.
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Mexico
Washington
United States
William P. Prye
Ama Re Lindgren
State Bank of Chicago
Staten
Ealvers
Tamale
Grand Duchy of Baden
Germany
Karlerube
Seward
Beattle
Anchorage
Sea of Artres
Nani
Wile
Matanuake River
Berlin
Bayville
N. Y
Poland
Sieckeyed
Vestroy
Dolag
Pan American plan to quell Mexican crisis advances
Secretary Lansing disclosed that Powers of North and America have agreed on a Maite plan to address the Mexican problem. The Pan American conference will ratify the program in New York. Officials express confidence that US Brazil Argentina Bolivia Uruguay will steer a peaceful path and restore constitutional government in Mexico.
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Washington, D. C
North
America
Maite
New York
Lansing
Iln
United States
Brasil
Argentina
Bolivia
Goa
Uruguay
Mexico
Ieee
Huerta
Pan-American Conforces
Rockefeller Changed Man Since Wife's Death
Forest Hill, the East Cleveland estate of John D. Rockefeller, is said to reflect a changed man after his wife’s death. Attendants report he has grown distant from golf and former daily routines, altering his conduct and garden life over recent months.
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John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Forest Hill
Big East
Rockefeller
Vialta
Forest ‘Hill
Oregon State News on dairying science and war losses
Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis discusses profitable dairying as an exact science driven by breeding and feeding. The article notes European war losses, citing Serbia and France, with high killed to wounded ratios and home-front impacts through May 31.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvalli
Graven
Corvallis
Oregon
$600000 Plant to Rise in Rogue River Valley
Two industrial projects promise future prosperity for the Rogue River valley. A $600,000 beet sugar factory by Western Sugar, backed by Mormon capital, and the Portland Beaver Cement plant at Gold Hill total over $1,000,000. The cement plant is 86 percent complete after 18 months of construction and will issue reports for workers. Sugar beets show high saccharine quality with yields estimated 20 to 24 tons per acre on some lands, placing the valley among strong sugar districts.
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Medford
Rogue River Valley
Western Sugar Company
Portland Beaver Cement
Gold Hill
Kongs
Rocky Mountain States
Marshfield Petitions for Bonding Coos County Falls Short
Marshfield reports weak petition turnout for an $870000 bond issue to finance a plank road, with under 690 names of the 1000 required. District Attorney Liljeqvist drew petitions, plans seek 500 more signatures and a special county court election. Sewer plans approved in Forest Grove for the city’s drainage project with an estimated cost of 500,000. The project schedule calls for completion by August 24.
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Coos County
Liljeqvist
Forest Grove
Piana
State Board of Health
Germany's Firm in Frye Case To Pay Damages
Washington reports Germany and the United States discussing compensation over the sinking of the William P. Frye by the cruiser Prinz Bitel Fierdrich. Berlin agrees to pay for the ship but not to admit fault and proposes arbitration at The Hague to resolve damages. London commentary suggests dominions will gain a voice in postwar negotiations.
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Germany
Frye
Washington, D. C
William P. Pe
Prins Bitel Fierdrich
United States
Hague
Dominions
London
Andrew Bonar Law
Folkestone
Pearce
Portable wedge door device with bell alarm
A metal wedge door fastener doubles as a mechanical bell on the same base. Pressure from a closing door triggers the bell, and the device grips carpet or flooring to resist shifting. Compact enough for pocket carry and travel use. It describes a practical, portable door securing gadget with an integrated alarm.
A Prayer on Living in the Present Not the Past or Future
A reflective prayer urges balance between past regrets and future plans. It asks for proportion and cheerful mindset, advising not to overspend or overprepare, but to live today with fair, bright prospects and to forget past disagreeables. It cautions against overvaluing the future to the point of neglecting the present.
New U. S. Torpedo-Boat Destroyer at Sea
A London army surgeon reports the death of a British Tommy felled by shrapnel aboard a hospital cot. The account recalls his final words as he passed, contrasting today’s poets with the era’s wartime verse and the harsh atmosphere of the times.
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Tommy
London
Tendemiy
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